[Boa Constr] 2 problems-- wxMenu and python crashing

[John B. <joh...@om...>]

Hi:
I just downladed and installed the latest version of Python, Boa and related
files, and I am having a couple of problems that were mentioned perviously
in the sourceforge open discussion. I run Windows XP, by the way. The first
problem is with adding menu items and it also occurs when adding
wxImageLists. It is the problem Steve has written about below:

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By: holdenweb ( Steve Holden )
 Menu items cannot be added/edited
2002-04-22 15:38
When I try to add a Menu widget to the Data tab of a wxFrame I see the
following error traceback:

TypeError: unbound method properties() must be called with CollectionDTC
instanc
e as first argument (got MenuDTC instance instead) ....[and so on]

[the reply by Keven:]

By: kevin_gill ( Kevin Gill )
 RE: Menu items cannot be added/edited
2002-04-23 02:50

I had these problems when I installed beta1. It appears that there was
global changes to some objects to differenciate between design time and run
time versions, and some lines got left out.

I include them below.


Companions/Companions.py
line 1131, changed ContainerDTC to Window DTC

def persistProp(self, name, setterName, value):
if setterName == 'SetImageList':
imgList, listType = string.split(value, ',')
imgList, listType = string.strip(imgList), string.strip(listType)
for prop in self.textPropList:
if prop.prop_setter == setterName and prop.params[1] == listType:
prop.params = [imgList, listType]
return
self.textPropList.append(methodparse.PropertyParse( None, self.name,
setterName, [imgList, listType], 'SetImageList'))
else:
#ContainerDTC.persistProp(self, name, setterName, value)
WindowDTC.persistProp(self, name, setterName, value) #KG ####

Companions/UtilCompanions.py
line 220

def properties(self):
props = UtilityDTC.properties(self) ### KG ###
props.update({'Items': ('NoneRoute', None, None)})
return props
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I do not understand if I too should change these lines of code (maybe it was
updated since April).  In fact the line numbers Kevin refers to do not seem
to be the ones in the code.  Anyway, I do not understand what pieces are to
be changed and what are to be left alone.  Could anyone give some
newbie-friendly advice on this?

Here is my second problem.  It is one that notnameless had as shown below:

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By: notnameless ( See login name. )
 Hmmmm...
2002-05-08 19:57

Whenever I close Boa I get the following error:
Python has caused an error in WSMXSW232.DLL. Python will now close. I know
this is a wxWindows, or wxPython error and wonder if there is a way to get
rid of the error. I am running Win ME.

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Actually, I do not get the exact message, but Python crashes every time I
exit Boa unless I exit it by shutting down the DOS command window. Any
suggestions as to how to fix this?

John Boik
Oregon Medical Press
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